The Mexican

The Mexican (2001)

  • 56% of critics liked it
    (129 reviews)

  • 47% of users liked it
    (118,961 ratings)

A clumsy criminal is put in a position where he not only has to save his own skin, but that of his girlfriend in this comedy with strong undercurrents of romance. Jerry Welbach (Brad Pitt) is a low-level Mafia "mechanic" whose ineptitude is countered by frequent (but unpredictable) bursts… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
J. H. Wyman
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 2, 2001 Wide
Dreamworks Distribution LLC

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Promises a road movie of blissful comic romance and delivers a series of dramatic dead ends.

  • Joel Siegel, Good Morning America

    Two word review: El Paso.

  • J. Hoberman, Village Voice

    Intermittently appealing, fundamentally dysfunctional.

  • Nell Minow, Common Sense Media

    An interesting mess for older teens and up.

  • Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

    It just sits there, doing nothing that a competent made-for-cable movie with C-list stars couldn't do.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Thomas J


    For all the bad things I had heard about this movie.... I have to disagree. It is not the best movie.... but it is good! Worth seeing!

  • Lady D


    Not quite the film I as expecting, so pleasantly surprised, Im not the biggest fan of Julia Roberts, but enjoyed this film regardless. For me, the best role in this was that of James Gandolfini, perhaps a typecast sort of role for him but with a great twist.

  • Conner R


    A fun movie that never got the credit it deserves. The pairing of Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts was perfect, they have a great on screen chemistry. The story was extremely interesting and was original, not an average romantic comedy at all.

  • Anthony L


    I expected more. Only good thing in this movie was the cool car and a gay Gandolfini!

  • Film C


    it was ok quite funny really

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